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The Safe Zone | A Game Pitch

The Safe Zone is a board game controlled by dice and chance cards that is inspired by I Am Legend (book or movie, you decide). The game combines my favourite elements of King of Tokyo. The Safe Zone takes a lot of the mechanics that were displayed in King of Tokyo and expands on others. I knew that I wanted to design a game that was controlled by actions displayed on a set of dice, but thought that utilising an actual board would bring an interesting aspect to the overall board game.

Initial planning for The Safe Zone

Initial planning for The Safe Zone

Designing the technicals for this board game was the hardest. Coming up with names, symbols and rules took a lot of brainstorming that my 2am self didn’t appreciate. I’m still not 100% with everything that’s been chosen for the game so far, but…